New Build Pc [Budget £550]

Slightly over....is the wifi adapter necessary?

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £55.00
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK Value 300Mbps NWP300E Wireless-N PCI Express Adapter £13.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £568.60 (includes shipping : £11.75).



The GPU can be overclocked well and 2GB of VRAM is fast becoming the standard for gaming
 
TheSkateyBird said:
Do you need any peripherals? Or just a tower?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK Value 300Mbps NWP300E Wireless-N PCI Express Adapter £13.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
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no jus a tower.alrdy got my blackwidow and itelli 1.1.

Also i can strech money for z9 plus case..since i rlly wnna have that case
 
Just thinking the i5 might be necessary if he wants to record fraps and edit video instead of going for a 7850?

Edit the spec, new total price is £597.88 with the Z9 however it is currently out of stock.
 
Yuukee said:
where i can play most of the games in high settings and near future games..i think thats it ?l0l..if maybe some video editing or frapsing and z9 plus be must case xd ;)
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O/C are out of Z9 cases, had to change my order.....not sure when there in stock.
 
honosuseri said:
Slightly over....is the wifi adapter necessary?


The GPU can be overclocked well and 2GB of VRAM is fast becoming the standard for gaming
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My current desktop is donwstair living room...upstair there is not telephone socket and wiring would be tooo much hassle..so wirless card really needed...

i think i will be fine with 1 gb drr5 card?
 
The Z9 case is a great budget gaming case (i have one myself). I don't usually spec stuff that is out of stock. The Z9 was on offer for £45 which is why the stock has been depleted ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £55.00
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 300Mbps NWP300E Wireless-N PCI Express Adapter £13.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £598.49 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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honosuseri said:
The Z9 case is a great budget gaming case (i have one myself). I don't usually spec stuff that is out of stock. The Z9 was only offer for £45 which is why the stock has been depleted ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £55.00
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 300Mbps NWP300E Wireless-N PCI Express Adapter £13.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £598.49 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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this can outperform my build...??.confused on i3/i5 beating 6 core fx.....also my original budget was £500 but i strected to 550.....hmmm i will have to think more: [
 
Yuukee said:
I have seen people...running most of the high end games like BF3, crysis etc on those 2 specs on high and ultra settings with 50-70 fps....also those 2 price are cheaper compare to what u recommend me -...-.
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Sorry to say, but there is no way that a 7750 will be able to run BF3 at 50FPS even on high, as for ultra it will be below 30FPS- I'm using a 6850 atm (which is more powerful than a 7750) and that only manages around 40FPS on high and around 25 on ultra (ie not playable on ultra)
 
tamzzy said:
oh god did i just read that?
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TheSkateyBird said:
Do you need any peripherals? Or just a tower?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OcUK Value 300Mbps NWP300E Wireless-N PCI Express Adapter £13.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98

Bah, extension is messing about, total price: £577.87 inc shipping.
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Hmm this look good to me....kinda over budget..: [
 
It may surprise you but the i5 3570K quad core outperforms the eight core AMD for gaming. Yeah it is however if you could stretch the i5 into the budget you would benefit from it. With an i5 and the Z9 it pushes the cost up to more like £600.
 
TheSkateyBird said:
It may surprise you but the i5 3570K quad core outperforms the eight core AMD for gaming. Yeah it is however if you could stretch the i5 into the budget you would benefit from it. With an i5 and the Z9 it pushes the cost up to more like £600.
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Do u think lowering to Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz would be same perfmace with less money spent?
 
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3570k which is quad core, can be overclocked (and a 3rd party heatsink, not the lousy stock intel one)
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=288
i know the i5k is not the exact same cpu as the one i suggested (in fact its last generation, so about 5% slower)
and its not overclocked in this comparison
if you're intending to keep the parts for the next 3-4 years, the i5k will handle anything, whereas i cant say for definite that the i3 could
but if its just for gaming, the graphics card is more of an issue rather than the cpu
 
Yuukee said:
Hmm this look good to me....kinda over budget..: [
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Similar to my spec.

The mobo is a lil cheaper (i'd pay the extra for my mobo). You could use the OEM CPU to drop the cost further (like i did). This helps pay for a aftermarket heatsink so you can overclock. Or you could get the retail CPU and ditch the aftermarket heatsink for now to save cash.

The Z77 mobo not only allows overclocking of the intel K CPUs but lucidMVP uses the IGP to boost the GPU. The i3 would be fine for gaming but the Ivybridge i5K is a more powerful CPU and has a better IGP than the i3. The IGP (integrated graphics) is also used by quicksync to help with video encoding tasks by supporting software (both i3 and i5 have this but the latter is better)
 
Yuukee said:
Do u think lowering to Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz would be same perfmace with less money spent?
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Well, it would be less money spent, but the 3570k is a more powerful CPU compared to the 2120, especially when the 3570k is overclocked (which the 2120 cannot). In terms of whether it would make a difference in performance when gaming, it depends on the graphics card. If you were only using a 6850, there wouldn't be much difference, since it would be GPU bottlenecked either way (pretty sure a 2120 wouldn't bottleneck a 6850 in most games). However, if we are talking about using a GTX 680 on BF3 64 person multiplayer (which is quite stressful on the CPU), then the 2120 would definitely hold back the graphics card, whereas the 3570k would be fine. So in terms of forward thinking, the 3570k is more future proof in that you can upgrade the graphics card and get the full performance out of it (plus the 3570k supports PCI-e 3.0). But the 2120 is a good gaming CPU for the price.
 
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